Reopening Penn safely through 100% student biweekly testing.
Place a short description (3 sentences max) of your problem. - Explain the decision inefficiency in the state of problem today. - Why is it important or worth solving?
Our decision problem focuses on how we can improve Covid-testing policies at Penn to get 100% of the student body tested twice a week. Not all students fully participate in testing at Penn despite it being available for free, and we wanted to find out why. This is important because Penn’s Covid recovery directly impacts the local Philadelphia community both health-wise and economically, and proper adherence to Covid-testing is key to opening campus back up safely.
In the first frame start with the user and their basic situation/problem before experiencing your solution.
Explain each frame with bullet points
Illustrate the value creation in the final frame (e.g., problem solved!)
What are your next steps if you pursue the project further
If we pursue the project further, the next step would be to reach back out to the Penn Covid Task Force and ask for a sit-down with them to understand the challenges they face as well as to potentially propose a few of our solutions.
To go a step further, we thought of building an all-in-one app that keeps track of everything Covid-related: testing appointments, results, open pass, and eventually Covid vaccination records. Additionally, we can incorporate a gamified and social component within the app in order to incentivize students to get tested regularly.